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Disability advocate Natalie Weaver has slammed Twitter for not promptly fastening down on an account that used an image of her severely disabled child in a pro-abortion tweet.

”Just received an email that Twitter doesn’t suppose a person using my child’s image as the poster child to ABORT& to weed out all the “defectives” in utero is a violation. Why? Bc they won’t recognize hate toward ppl w/ disabilities in their regulations/ reports, ” Weaver tweeted on Monday.

@TwitterSupport Just received an email that Twitter doesn’t guess a person using my child’s image as the poster child to ABORT& to weed out all the “defectives” in utero is a violation. Why? Bc they won’t acknowledge loathe toward ppl w/ disabilities in their regulations/ reports. pic.twitter.com/ PQLLEyQhPy

Weaver had reported a tweet by the @OBSIDIANSMOAK account that used an image of her 9-year-old daughter Sophia. “It is okay to think that every child matters however a lot of them do not hence the amnio exam which should be a mandatory test and if it proves negative and the woman does not wishes to abort then all bills accrued after that is on her and the father, ” said a post accompanying the tweet.

Twitter told Fox News on Monday evening that it suspended the account. “When we make a mistake, we work to ensure it’s promptly corrected, ” a Twitter spokesperson explained in a statement emailed to Fox News. “Our team reviewed the report again and suspended the account in accordance with the Twitter Rules.”

Sophia suffers from Rett disorder, a rare neurological disorder that affects a child’s ability to eat, speak, walking and inhale. She was also born with an unknown syndrome that has caused facial deformities.

Weaver, who is the co-founder of Advocates for Medically Fragile Kids NC, is exhorting Twitter to tighten its rules regarding loathe speech against people with disabilities. “I would like twitter to also add ‘hate towards people with disabilities’ to their violation reporting categories, ” she said.